Spare tire carrier for vehicles



July 1952 o. o. PERKINS 2,503,527

SPARE TIRE CARRIER FOR VEHICLES Filed July 27, 1950 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 Q MQ Orville 0. Perkins IN V EN TOR.

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. SPARE "TIRE CARRIER F03 VEHICLES- Filed Ju] .y 27, 1950 2sl-ms'rs-sl-mE'r 2 Q Orville 0- Perkins INVENTOR.

BY (#1009 FM Patented July 15, 1952 UNITED. STATES PATENT? "()F.

" 2,603,527f Q15 if] I I SPARE TIRE cARm ni-"onviimomis Orville Perkins,Richmond,.Va. 1 v A plication JuIy Z'Y, 1950,, sesame, 17 ,197

This invention relates to new and usef'u'l'ir'nprovements and structuralrefinements in spare tire carriers for vehicles such as trucks, buses,automobiles, etc., and the principal object of the invention is toafford means for conveniently moving a heavy spare tire and wheel in andout of its storage position.

The above object is achieved by the provision of a spare tire receivingcompartment in the body of the vehicle, together with rollers in thecompartment to slidably engage and support the tire.

An important feature of the invention resides in the provision of acover or door on the compartment for closing the same as well as forfirmly retaining the tire in position therein.

Some of the advantages of the invention lie in its simplicity ofconstruction, in its efficient operation, and in its adaptability foruse in vehicles of different types.

With the above more important objects and features in view and suchother objects and features as may become apparent as this specifica- 1data, (01. 29643742) spare tire compartment l2 "defined by upper andlower walls [4, [6' respectively, a pair of transversely spaced lateralwalls l8, and an inner side wall 20, as is best shown in Figures 2 and4.

The compartment l2 has an open side 22 at the front of the vehicle bodyl0, and a closure for this open side is aiforded by a cover 24 which ishinged to the body as at 26 and, when in its for diametrically oppositeportions of a spare tion proceeds, the invention consists essentially ofthe arrangement and construction of parts as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in

which:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a vehicle I equipped with theinvention, the combined bumper and compartment door being in its openposition.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevational'view Figure 5 is afragmentary side elevational view of the invention installed under atruck body, the cover of the compartment being closed, and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary side elevational view, similar to that shownin Figure 5, but illustrating the cover in its open position.

Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in thespecification and in detail, more particularly to Figures 1-4 in-.

elusive, the general reference character 10 desi nates the body of avehiclesuch as a bus, the

same being provided inthe front thereof with a tire 36 positioned in thecompartment l2, so that any shifting or displacement of the tire isimpossible.-

' The invention also contemplates the-provision of a plurality of tireengaging rollers, namely,

two sets of three rollers 38 which are rotatably mounted in suitablebrackets 40 on the top wall l4 of the compartment 12, two sets of threerollers 42 which are similarly mounted in brackets 44 on the bottom walll6, and an additional, relatively long roller 46 which is rotatablymounted in brackets 48 on the bottom wall l6, as shown. The rollers 38,42 engage the respective upper and lower surfaces and transverselyspaced points of the tire 36, while the roller 46 engages the undersideof the tire at the front thereof, so that by virtue of the provision ofthe rollers, the tire may be quickly, easily and conveniently placed inor withdrawn from the compartment 12 after the cover 24 is swungdownwardly to its open position.

Referring now to the modified-embodiment of the invention illustrated inthe accompanying Figures 5 and 6, the spare tire compartment herein issimilar in construction to the compartment already described, but ismounted at one side i of and under thebody 62 of a vehicle such as atruck or trailer, the compartment '60 and the tire carrying rollerstherein being similarin arrangement to the corresponding structure *al-'ready described, with the exception that the door I 64 of thecompartment 60 functions merely as a door or closure for the compartmentand doe not have the auxiliary use as abumper.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will beclearly understood from the foregoingdi'sclosure and accordingly,further deincluding vertically spaced upper and lower-- walls and a pairof side walls spaced apart substantially by a distance equal to thediameter of the stated tire, aback wall and a front door l provided withconcave seats to receive diametrically opposite edge portions of thetire, two

transversely spaced sets of rollers mounted on the lower wall of saidcompartment substantially midway between the backwall and said door, twotransversely spaced sets of rollers.

mounted on the upper Wall of the compartment in vertical alignment withthe first mentioned rollers, and an elongated roller mountedtransversely on said lower wall adjacent said door, said elongatedroller being centrally between but forwardly of the two sets of rollerson the lower ORVILLE O. PERKINS.

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REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 353,640 Nourse Nov. 30, 18861,603,095 Palmer Oct. 12, 1926 1,953,953 Carr Apr. 10, 1934 2,175,769Biszantz Oct. 10, 1939 2,226,962

Baird Dec. 31, 1940

